Senior System Software Engineer

The Position

We are looking for a Senior System Software Engineer based in the US or Taiwan to support firmware and software development across our product line. Our products are designed to be open and transparent, and that extends to how we think about firmware and software. We care deeply about open-source software and exposing greater configurability to people who want it. As one of the early engineers in Framework, you'll also have a high level of influence on our products and software philosophy going forward.

This role is a full-time remote position based either in the US or Taiwan. We have offices in Taipei and the San Francisco Bay Area and local members of our engineering team typically spend up to a few days a week together in the office. This position will require some local and international travel to partners and the alternative office location.

What You'll Do

• Own the end to end software development and releases for BIOS, EC, and driver software updates for new hardware products.
• Work on projects, both doing direct development, and working closely with partner firmware and software development, including code reviews from 3rd party contributors.
• Working closely with internal teams and vendors, define and implement software and firmware features.
• Manage and review work done by firmware and software teams at our manufacturing partners.
• Gather issues reported by customers and third parties, and fixing directly or passing issues along to the relevant teams, tracking progress across internal teams and partners.
• Partner with our internal and external validation labs to reproduce issues and develop reproduction cases.
• Coordinate the resolution of issues from internal and external sources, and drive timely closure of issues across cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate closely with Linux partners to proactively identify, diagnose, and solve issues.

What You Need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Ability to work effectively with external engineering teams across our ODM partners.
• 5+ years of experience in firmware development and software engineering for electronics products.
• Ability to define requirements and work with internal and external teams to implement new features for our products.
• A background in developing software projects end to end.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with other engineers and program managers.
• Strong written and verbal English communication abilities and familiarity working across time zones.

What's Nice to Have

• A passion for environmentalism and/or DIY.
• Expertise with software and firmware development in a startup.
• History of upstreaming code for OSS projects.
• Experience with Rust.
• Expertise at embedded firmware development in C and scripting in Python or similar languages.
• Previous experience with Tianocore, Zephyr, Python, Coreboot, or other open-source firmware or RTOS platforms.
• Familiarity with system-level software and drivers on Windows and/or Linux.
• Experience developing utilities for automation, debugging, and diagnostics.
• A strong understanding of adjacent functional areas like electrical engineering.
• Experience working as a remote member of an international team.

What You'll Love

• Competitive salary, equity, and health benefits
• Paid company holidays plus 20 PTO days per year
• Paid Parental Leave
• Annual Health Checks
• Flexible work hours and locations, including every other Monday off
• The chance to work at a startup that is making a positive social and environmental impact

Equal Opportunity

We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know by reaching out to